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Thrash metal band from Gdańsk, Poland, with roots dating to 2003. Over two decades of thrash from the Baltic coast represent one of Poland's most enduring thrash acts.
Crossover/hardcore band from Schroeder, Santa Catarina, active from 1998 to 2006, drawing from DRI, Ratos de Porão, and DFC. The band recorded their first CD-demo Cachorro Loco (1999) at Catharina Studio in Jaraguá do Sul, released the full-length Possuído (2002) at AML Studio in Florianópolis, and closed their run with the 19-track Proliferação do Mal (2007), recorded at RVB Studios in Blumenau.
Crossover thrash band from Santos, São Paulo, active since 2002 with a lineup featuring dual vocalists Osvaldo and Fernandez alongside guitarists Leão and Ricardo, bassist Juninho, and drummer Bruno. Their discography spans over a decade of self-released material, opening with the six-track demo Atitude e Ação (2002) and including Terra e Vida (2006), A Herança é o Ódio (2007), and the 2014 full-length Mais Uma Martelada das Nossas Verdades.
Repurgator is a death metal band from the Île-de-France region around Paris, formed in 2024. The band delivers aggressive death metal from the greater Paris metropolitan area.
Black metal project from Oslo, Norway, active since 2018. The project delivers black metal from the Norwegian capital.
Repvblika is a death/black metal band formed in 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico. The band released their debut EP Katastrof! in 2006, followed by the full-length Amerika Vendetta in 2009 and The Insurgent in 2019. Their sound blends death and black metal within a politically charged framework.
Raw black metal project from Portugal, active since 2019. Their Portuguese name, meaning 'repudiation,' channels lo-fi hostility.
Raw black metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, founded in December 2014 by Hellblast (vocals, guitars, bass) and The Black (drums). The band released their debut rehearsal demo The Legacy of Death in 2015, followed by the full-length Crossing Into Darkness in 2016 through Terror Music, DFL Productions, and Impaled Records, recorded at Krypta Bestial Studio in São Paulo.
Requiem Aeternam is a symphonic black metal band from the Ústí nad Labem and Litvínov area in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, active since 2010. Self-described as 'philosophical metal pioneers,' their six-album discography including Instrumetal I and Emergent explores existential themes through orchestral black metal.
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